Northern California Innocence Project

Northern California Innocence Project
Formation 2001 ; 16 Years Ago
Founder Kathleen "Cookie" Ridolfi; Linda Starr
Founded at Santa Clara School of Law at Santa Clara University
Type Non-Profit Organization
Purpose

Exoneration

Justice Reform
Headquarters

500 El Camino Real

Santa Clara, CA 95053
Region
United States of America
Affiliations The Innocence Network
Website http://law.scu.edu/ncip/about/

The Northern California Innocence Project(NCIP) is a legal based organization at the Santa Clara University School of Law in Santa Clara, California.[1] The organization revisits previous convictions of individuals who are believed to be innocent of their crimes. Justice has been attained for 19 individuals who have collectively spent 235 years in jail. They are a non-profit clinical program of Santa Clara University School of Law, which looks to promote a more fair, effective and compassionate criminal justice system.[2] They also take compassion and attempt to protect the rights of all parties involved so that they too may have an adequate trial. NCIP is a member of the national Innocence Project network of similar organizations.[3] The NCIP was created in 2001 by Kathleen "Cookie" Ridolfi and Linda Starr, during this time new legislation in California (CA Penal Code Section 1405) [4] had permitted convicted inmates to seek DNA testing to prove their innocence. 

Founding

The Northern California Innocence Project was established after a landmark amendment that was adopted by the California District Court. CA Penal Code Section 1405 provides currently incarcerated convicted person should seek DNA testing to reveal exculpatory evidence. Kathleen "Cookie" RIdolfi and Linda Starr worked as trial and appellate attorneys for the Criminal Justice System. After numerous years of practice, they realized an opportunity to improve the errors within the system and free wrongly convicted individuals. In 2001, they co-founded the NCIP. The current executive director of the Northern Innocence Project is Linda Starr.[5]

Mission

The Northern California Innocence Project looks to primarily protect the rights of the innocent as well as make a more fair, effective and compassionate justice system. They primarily look to exonerate people whose case allows DNA evidence to be available and be retested in the light of an exoneration.[2] The NCIP promotes for more research and advocacy in wrongful convictions. The NCIP foresees a criminal justice system that correctly divides the innocent from the guilty along with treating all with their inalienable rights and compassion.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About NCIP | Santa Clara Law". law.scu.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. 1 2 "Northern California Innocence Project". Santa Clara Law. SCU. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "What is the Innocence Project | About the Project | CIP". California Innocence Project. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  4. ↑ "2005 California Penal Code Sections 1404–1405 PROCEEDINGS". Justia US LAW. Justia. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "NCIP History". Northern California Innocence Project. Santa Clara Law. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "About the Project". California Innocence Project. Retrieved 2017-11-14.


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